Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Methods – Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
Patent
1987-05-21
1989-07-11
Ball, Michael W.
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Methods
Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
156245, 1563099, 156322, 156552, 156324, 156250, 264544, 264553, B29C 3108, B29C 3110, B29B 1302
Patent
active
048469149
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a thermoformed, form-retaining article comprising a form-retaining thermoformable substrate and a flexible web coverstock. The method comprises feeding a continuous strip of the flexible web coverstock through a thermoforming line comprising at least a lamination station, a thermoforming station and transport means. Sheets of the substrate are fed into the lamination station and there laminated to said continuous strip of coverstock material. The coverstock is wider than the substrate sheetstock laminated thereto, and thus, it extends laterally beyond the sheetstock, i.e., it has free longitudinal edges. The transport means engages the continuous strip of coverstock material along the free longitudinal edges thereof. The transport means is actuated to advance the continuous strip and, hence, each successive piece of substrate laminated thereto from the lamination station into the thermoforming station. The thermoforming line optionally comprises additional stations, such as ornamentation stations, trim stations, and the like. Additional material may be included in the lamination such as, for example, padding-type materials between the coverstock and the substrate, an additional sheet of coverstock on the opposite side of the substrate sheetstock, and the like.
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Aftergut Jeff H.
Ball Michael W.
Ford Motor Company
May Roger L.
McDermott Peter D.
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